Financial Samurai Personal Finance Consulting

Dear Prospective Client,

I spent 13 years working in one of the most high-powered, fast-paced, and stressful industries in the world. By the time I was 27, I was promoted to Vice President where the typical VP promote is 32-33. At 30, I led a region responsible for generating tens of millions of dollars in yearly revenue. The very next year, I was promoted again to Executive Director. During this 13 year time period my income increased by more than 7X, leading to the financial freedom I now experience today.

I want you to achieve in five years what the typical person takes 10 years, 15 years or perhaps never to achieve. As you grow older, you’ll realize time becomes more precious because you have less of it. This is why you’ve got to make the most of your opportunity right now.

I know what it takes to get ahead in a brutally competitive world. I came from a middle class family and attended The College of William & Mary, a top state school with no rich uncle to help get me started. I then went on to receive my MBA from UC Berkeley in 2006 while concurrently working brutal banking hours.

In 2012, I retired early with a $3M+ net worth at the age of 34. By 2017, my net worth surpassed $10M largely due to coming up with an investment game plan and sticking with it, and by building a profitable online business since 2009. Financial Samurai has also been featured in just about every major finance publication in America.

If you are the smartest person in the room and have no social skills, you will not succeed. If you have incredible social skills, but lack substance, you will eventually fail. If you’ve accumulated a million dollars but don’t know how to invest your money except in a 0.1% savings account, you’re not maximizing your returns. It’s important to cultivate all your skills and your knowledge to get ahead. I will help you get there.

The key to never saying, “If I knew then what I know now,” is to consult with someone who’s been there. Find a friend, mentor, relative, parent, or professional coach. Whatever you do, find someone today to avoid the many land mines of tomorrow.

My expertise revolves around contract negotiations, real estate, retirement planning, investment portfolio construction, passive income, and career planning. If getting into business school, getting a promotion, negotiating a severance package, building multiple streams of income, or finding ways to maximize your returns are things you care about, I’m the coach for you.

CAREER & PERSONAL FINANCE SERVICES

At the moment, I am primary focused on helping people negotiate a severance package. Right now is crunch time, and too many people are quitting their jobs without knowing their rights. Some time in 2019, I will be opening up my consulting services to other topics.

* Maximizing Severance Agreements: One of the biggest tragedies I witness all the time is long-time employees quitting their jobs out of frustration, fear, or false hope. Any type of spontaneous action is an assault against one’s long-term financial health. Pursuing your dreams is fine, but to do so and give up tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential severance is a tragedy. One person I know gave up on over $400,000 in potential severance because he failed to understand the linkage between his departure and various losses in his contract. Others simply don’t know their employment rights or do not know how to negotiate.

After a month of negotiations, I engineered my own layoff with a severance package equal to six years worth of living expenses. And, after working with dozens of clients, I wrote a 150-page book (updated in 2018) teaching you how to engineer your layoff.

* Contract Negotiations: Let’s say you are a great employee and are getting bid away by a competitor. You like your job and don’t want to change, but the other offer is extremely tempting. How do you maximize your situation? As one of the top performers at my firm, I received bids away practically every year for the last 10 years of my tenure. I will teach you how to maximize your competitor’s bid without hurting your relationship with your existing company. I will also help you negotiate getting a raise with your existing employer. There is a very delicate balance between earning what you are worth and putting a target on your back.

* Building A Real Estate Portfolio. Real estate is my favorite financial asset today. Property prices have come down since the crisis while mortgage rates have dropped to historical lows. In many parts of the country, you can purchase property with an immediate return due to the positive spread between rental yields and mortgage rates. The best deals are had by the best negotiators with the most promising terms. Afterward, it’s about maximizing income. I have built a multi-million dollar property portfolio over the past 10 years.

* Analyzing Your Investment Portfolio. Stocks and bonds are an integral part of your wealth accumulation strategy. I have spent the past 13 years in the investment business and during this time period I have built a $1 million dollar+ portfolio. I will review your investment portfolio and advise on whether your asset allocation is appropriate with your risk tolerance. My advice comes from my own framework I’ve created about the proper asset allocation of stocks and bonds by age. I was Series 7 and Series 63 registered and have an MBA from a top 10 school with an emphasis in finance.

* Building An Online Business. For those of you who have a presence online or who are considering taking the leap, I’ve spent the past 7 years and 12,000+ hours learning how to develop sustainable online income. I’ve managed to build a multiple five figure monthly online income stream for the past four years from nothing. I’ll teach you about affiliate income, negotiating prime sponsorships, building a community, ranking well in search engines, content marketing, and the use of various advertisement platforms. At the very least, strengthen your brand by registering your name online!

The Ideal Candidate:

* Someone who is willing to invest in him or herself and no longer wants to make excuses.

* A parent who wants what’s best for their children and recognizes the importance of a long-term investment. If you spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on your child’s college education, but s/he cannot find a reasonable job, then you are not maximizing your return.

* A late bloomer who recognizes time is limited and wants to do everything possible to get back on track.

* Someone looking to build a real estate investment portfolio and wants to know how to analyze a property, get the right tenants, reduce turnover, and borrow at the right price and duration.

* Someone who wants to build diverse passive income streams to have more optionality in doing other things.

* Someone who has worked at their job for 5+ years and who is looking to profitably quit their job. You don’t want to leave money on the table, yet you also don’t want to burn any bridges.

Cost And Format

A la carte (One Session): $1,200 per 1.15 hour session. The 15 minutes is there as an extra buffer to get to know you better and not feel rushed during our session. Before our session I’ll review your application and ask you followup questions to maximize our time together. We’ll then go over your specific issues and come up with action items to achieve your goals. Within 36 hours I’ll send you my notes and written action items for you to follow. We’ll then wrap with any final questions.

Samurai (Two Sessions): $1,900 for two, 1.15 hour live consulting sessions over a one month time frame. The one month time frame is used to assess your situation, set up an action plan, help you execute the action plan, and review your progress. In addition, you will have free e-mail correspondence opportunities between live sessions.

Follow-on sessions: If you choose to elect the two session package, every follow on session is $500. Most of my clients hire me to do follow-up sessions for annual financial checkups, advice on where to best deploy a large sum of capital, buying real estate, and advice on negotiating a job severance or job offer.

We can either speak on the phone or over Skype. If you want to meet face-to-face, I charge an extra $200 due to the extra time it takes to meet up, and the often extra time we spend discussing issues face to face. About 95% of my consultations are done over the phone or Skype and 5% are done in person.

All information between us is 100% private and will never be shared with anybody, ever.

If interested, there is an initial deposit fee that goes towards the total cost. I will spend time understanding your story and coming up with a game plan before our first discussion.

After becoming a client, I recommend doing a follow up at least a once a year follow up to make sure everything is on track. I will send you my action plan after each call because without action, there is no point.

Finally, if you run a business, sole-proprietor or freelancer, you may be able to deduct the cost of the consulting expenses. I will send an invoice of services rendered.

Thank you note from a client that just warms my heart!

Client Limitation / Requirements

Due to time constraints as well as my desire to provide the best service, I am limiting the number of clients to no more than three a month at any given time period. I only want to work with the most serious people who are absolutely determined to get ahead.

Before you consider becoming a client, please take the time to read more about my background, listen to several podcast episodes, and read at least 50 articles on Financial Samurai so you can be better acquainted when we finally speak. I publish about 120 articles a year, so if you’ve been reading Financial Samurai for this long, you’re good to go.

Please fill out some basic information so I can understand more about you and what you’d like to accomplish. The more details you provide, the more I will analyze and help you set a course of action. All information is private and I will get back to you within 48 hours after the call. (Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of the form and click submit). Please feel free to also email me at financialsamurai AT gmail DOT com to say that you’ve filled out the application.

Thanks for your interest!

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